Synonyms for appoint
Definitions
- v. 1
To name (someone to a post or role).
- v. 2
To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
Related words
- Word family
- appointee appointive appointment
- Is a kind of
- affix determine establish fix name
Forms
- Past participle
- appointed
e.g. appointed → designated, assigned, delegated, allotted…
Choose the right word
Appoint may be used of time, space, or person; as, the appointed day; the appointed place; an officer was appointed to this station.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- arrange Can you arrange a meeting with the vice president?
- delegate Is she satisfied with being elected as delegate?
- assign Tom is authorised to assign us work assignments.
- designate Each football team needs to designate a captain.
- elect They elect their representatives in a voting booth.
- equip He wants to equip his son with a good education.
By length
- 3 letters
- set1, fix1
- 4 letters
- make1, name1, cast1
- 5 letters
- apply2, elect2, equip2, allot2
- 6 letters
- charge1, direct2, choose1, settle2, employ2, decree2, assign2, ordain2, charre
- 7 letters
- require3, command2, arrange2, furnish2
- 8 letters
- delegate3, nominate3, accredit3, deputize3, deputise
- 9 letters
- determine3, establish3, designate3, prescribe2
- 10 letters
- commission3, constitute3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apply2 = 2 syllables).